Hexamethylene tetramine
Moderate risk
Alternate Names:
- hexamethylenetetramine
- hexamine
- methenamine
Info from food-info.net:
- Description:
- Function:
- Used as a preservative against fungi.
- Origin:
- Commercially synthesised from formaldehyde and ammonia
- Side effects:
- It is metabolised by the liver and excreted. High concentrations have considerable side effects; however, these concentrations are never reached in foods, due to the taste it imparts.
Dietary restrictions:- None - E239 can be consumed by all religious groups, vegans and vegetarians.
Acceptable daily intake:- Unknown
Status:- Unknown
Info from proe.info:
- Description:
- Benefits:
- Unknown
- General:
- Unknown
- Harm:
- Unknown
- Legal:
- Unknown
- Use:
- Unknown
- Links:
- Unknown
Dietary restrictions:- Unknown
Acceptable daily intake:- Unknown
Status:- Unknown
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- Description:
- Unknown
Dietary restrictions:- Unknown
Acceptable daily intake:- no information
Status:- Approved in the EU.
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